Ashok Leyland Ties Up With Minus Zero For Autonomous Trucking Solutions

Ashok Leyland, India’s leading commercial vehicle manufacturer and the flagship brand of the Hinduja Group, announced on 19th March 2024 that the company has established a long-term partnership with Minus Zero, the country’s leading autonomous driving technology startup. This strategic alliance intends to revolutionise the commercial trucking sector through the scalable deployment of autonomous solutions.

The collaboration will initially focus on developing customised autonomous trucking solutions for factory operations, ports, and corporate campuses. Both have future plans of expanding autonomous solutions into hub-to-hub applications and long-haul trucking, which is subjected to evolving regulatory guidelines surrounding autonomous driving.      

This partnership ensures the seamless integration of the industry’s first autonomous driving platform, leveraging Minus Zero’s nature-inspired AI technology, into the commercial vehicle fleet of Ashok Leyland. The infusion of Minus Zero’s expertise in self-driving technology with Ashok Leyland’s product portfolio and safety standards aims for the scalable adoption of autonomous driving in commercial vehicles. 

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Ashok Leyland & Minus Zero Comments On This Alliance

Speaking about this long-term partnership with Minus Zero, N. Saravanan, Chief Technology Officer, Ashok Leyland, said, “The company has been looking for ways to reduce the cost of logistics in India in line with the Government’s National Logistics Policy. We see a role for autonomous driving in select sectors in achieving this and we have been partnering pioneering startups in this area. Minus Zero’s capabilities and plans impressed us, and we are excited to be working with them to develop India-specific solutions that can be scaled globally. We see spin-off benefits in developing cost-effective active safety solutions to reduce road accidents.”

In the same event, Gagandeep Reehal, CEO and Co-founder of Minus Zero, stated, “Ashok Leyland brings decades of experience in delivering high-quality products at scale and we are excited to partner with them in this journey of accelerating autonomous driving in India and globally. With our Nature-inspired AI, we are bringing a paradigm shift by building foundational AI models for autonomous driving. This partnership marks the beginning of India's autonomous driving story.” 

What We Think

The strategic tie-up between Ashok Leyland and Minus Zero will extend the autonomous driving solutions for the commercial vehicle segment. This collaboration will offer Ashok Leyland’s commercial vehicle with autonomous trucking solutions. In the long run, it can expand its network to the international market with global regulations and autonomous infrastructure. 

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